Definition of Little

Little Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep. Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water. Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible. Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous. That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like. A small degree or scale; miniature. In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it. Related Definitions: Air, Amount, Animal, As, Attention, Big, Body, Brief, Care, Child, Contemptible, Contracted, Degree, Dignity, Diligence, Diminutive, Distance, Duration, Efficiency, Effort, Exertion, Extent, Food, Force, Great, Ground, Hill, Illiberal, Importance, In, Inconsiderable, Insignificant, Is, It, Large, Like, Little, Mean, Miniature, Much, Narrow, Not, Of, Often, Opposed, Or, Piece, Power, Preceding, Quantity, Scale, Shallow, Short, Size, Sleep, Slight, Slightly, Small, Somewhat, Space, Strong, Sympathies, That, The, To, Ungenerous, Water, Weak, Which, With

Little Quotations Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. Buddha Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. Buddha We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. Mother Teresa I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. Mother Teresa No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't. Marilyn Monroe I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul. Martin Luther King, Jr. He who knows best knows how little he knows. Thomas Jefferson We never repent of having eaten too little. Thomas Jefferson Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds. Zig Ziglar

Little Translations little in Afrikaans is min, klein little in Danish is lille little in Dutch is gering, karig, min, luttel, klein little in French is petit, peu little in German is klein, wenig, klein, wenig little in Hungarian is kicsi little in Italian is piccolo, minuscolo little in Latin is parvus minor minimus, parum minus minime little in Norwegian is litt, lite little in Portuguese is pequeno, pouco